Fred Zinnemann

Known for DirectingBorn 1907-04-29Died 1997-03-14Rzeszów, Poland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alfred "Fred" Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997), born in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, was an American film director. He won four Academy Awards for directing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and play adaptations. He made 25 feature films during his 50-year career. Zinnemann was among the first directors to insist on using authentic locations and for mixing stars with civilians to give his films more realism. Within the film industry, he was considered a maverick for taking risks and thereby creating unique films, with many of his stories being dramas about lone and principled individuals tested by tragic events. According to one historian, Zinnemann's style demonstrated his sense of "psychological realism and his apparent determination to make worthwhile pictures that are nevertheless highly entertaining." Some of his most notable films were The Men (1950), High Noon (1952), From Here to Eternity (1953), Oklahoma! (1955), The Nun's Story (1959), A Man For All Seasons (1966), The Day of the Jackal (1973), and Julia (1977). His films have received 65 Oscar nominations, winning 24. Zinnemann directed and introduced a number of stars in their U.S. film debuts, including Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Pier Angeli, Julie Harris, Brandon deWilde, Montgomery Clift, Shirley Jones and Meryl Streep. He directed 19 actors to Oscar nominations, including Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift, Audrey Hepburn, Glynis Johns, Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Wendy Hiller, Jason Robards, Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, Gary Cooper and Maximilian Schell. Fred Zinnemann died in London, England in 1997. He was 89 years old.Read more

Movies & web series

El encuentro

Stuffie

The Ash Can Fleet

One Against the World

Spécial cinéma

Rat Pack

Bambi

Your Last Act

A Way in the Wilderness

Forgotten Victory

The Spy

The Day of the Jackal

High Noon

A Man for All Seasons

All Quiet on the Western Front

My Brother Talks to Horses

The Making of High Noon

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

From Here to Eternity

The Nun's Story

The David Susskind Show

Screen Director's Playhouse

The Oscars

The Men

The Search

People on Sunday

The Lady or the Tiger?

Act of Violence

Help Wanted

Weather Wizards

A Hatful of Rain

Friend Indeed

The Sundowners

Explodigger 1010

The Seventh Cross

Julia

Oklahoma!

While America Sleeps

Kid Glove Killer

The Member of the Wedding

Forbidden Passage

Redes

Benjy

Behold a Pale Horse

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

Teresa

That Mothers Might Live

Eyes in the Night